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Restorative circles create safe space at the top of the day

Kenowa Hills Alexis Stark

Restorative morning circles in Margaret Sicilian’s classroom at Central Elementary lift barriers and open the possibility for connection, collaboration and mutual understanding.

‘Feed the kids’

Kent City Allison Poosawtsee

Michigan’s new Meals for Schools program is taking a big weight off staff and families in Kent City.

‘It’s really all about providing equity’

Grandville Ezra Craker

General education students and students with cognitive impairments get to learn alongside each other...

Increasing entertainment accessibility for the hard-of-hearing community

Student Voices School News Network

Northview High School senior Evan Arnold studies American Sign Language and is asking big questions about equal access for everyone...

Students tackle youth mental health crisis with peers

Youth Mental Health Allison Poosawtsee

As Michigan schools strategize to provide mental health support for students, these high schoolers are taking action on their own...

Amid youth mental health crisis, districts invest in new programs

Youth Mental Health Allison Poosawtsee

Youth are in crisis when it comes to mental health. What are Kent County schools doing to address the concerns that students bring into the classroom?

Gun safety and mental-health services: it’s not an either-or to stop school shootings

All Districts Charles Honey

Students say both safety legislation and improved mental-health services are needed to stem the tide of mass school shootings. Adults need to listen and take action...

Efficiency needed to get funds to schools, superintendents say

Thornapple Kellogg Allison Poosawtsee

One-time funding for mental health, school safety and learning loss mitigation are taking too long to reach districts, educators said. Districts must pass their budgets by July 1, but the state’s deadline is Oct. 1...

Newly configured preschool focuses on being inclusive

Godwin Heights Joanne Bailey-Boorsma

This year, all of Godwin’s 4-year-old preschool students are now housed at the Early Education Center...

What do you like best about school?

All Districts Erin Albanese

In this final installment of our student roundtable, the high school panelists share what they enjoy about school, and what makes them feel connected...

How safe do you feel in your school?

All Districts Charles Honey

Our student panelists talk about the toll school shootings take on their sense of safety, and what needs to be done to curb the plague of gun violence in schools...